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Tuesday, 3 December 2013

Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories 1 - A Tree with Memories

It would not be Christmas without a Christmas tree. We did start off married life with the real thing - but I had enough of trying to get pine needles off the carpet, so we went onto an artificial tree - traditional style - no modern, minimalist designer trees in our home!

Reading some of the house-style magazines, some people focus on colour themes such as silver & blue, or red & gold etc. for their Christmas Trees.

For our family the Christmas Tree is one of happy memories.In the past it featured my young daughter's home-made decorations - who can forget the bells made from egg cartons covered in baking foil?

Now the Christmas tree signifies our interests - we have collected items whenever we have been on holiday abroad - mainly Austria and Bavaria, but also Bruges, Prague and Poland - stockings, hearts and bells abounding.

About Me

I have been interested in family history for years. It all began when I was allowed as a child to look through the old family photographs and memorabilia kept in a shoebox in the cupboard at my grandfather's house. That treat started me on a fascinating ancestral trail.